Pokemon Legends: Arceusis the next big Nintendo Switch exclusive game, and the wait for it is nearly over. ThePokemon Legends: Arceusrelease date is merely a couple of weeks away at this point, and it’s looking to provide a much different kind of experience for franchise fans. Nintendo has now released a new gameplay overview trailer forPokemon Legends: Arceusthat shows off the game and explains exactly what players will be doing in the Hisui region.
This newPokemon Legends: Arceustrailer shows off the Hisui region, hyping it as a world with “sprawling landscapes” filled with different kinds of Pokemon. It’s worth noting thatPokemon Legends: Arceusis not a true open world game(it’s more in line with something likeMonster Hunter), but even so it’s blowing the door wide open when it comes to exploration in a main seriesPokemongame, and that’s on full display in the latestArceustrailer.
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The newPokemon Legends: Arceustrailer highlights some of the new Pokemon that players will be able to encounter in the Hisui region, like the new Stantler evolved form Wyrdeer. It also shows how these Pokemon will attempt to attack the player character at points and how thePokemon battleswork in real-time versus the turn-based combat from pastPokemongames.
Pokemon Legends: Arceuswill find players at odds with some of the Pokemon they encounter in theHisui region, eventually catching them and working together like as seen in the otherPokemongames. Players will be able to use the Pokemon on their team to collect crafting materials from the game world, with the example shown in the trailer being Snorlax stomping on the ground to knock fruit loose from a tree.
The trailer also gives players another look at Kleavor, anew evolved form for Scytherbeing introduced inPokemon Legends: Arceus. Kleavor is one of the Noble Pokemon that players will have to fight in the game, essentially serving as one ofPokemon Legends: Arceus' boss fights.
This latest overview trailer clues fans in on the main gameplay features that they can expect when thePokemon Legends: Arceusrelease daterolls around later this month. The game is taking thePokemonfranchise into some bold and risky new directions, and fans will find out soon enough if Game Freak’s ambitious gamble pays off or if it would have been better to stick with the tried-and-true formula.
